Hair remover



y 1.933. 4 w. F. S-TEEG AL, 1,910,647

HAIR REMOVE}? Filed se t. 24, 1932 Patented May 23, 1933 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE WILLIAM F. STEEG, OF CHICAGO, AND RAY L. ORWIG, EVANSTON,ILLINOIS, AS- SIGNORS 'TO CHARMETTE, INC., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION OF ILLINOIS nun nnmovnn.

Application filed September 24, 1932. Serial No. 634,714.

This invention relates to hair removers,

' and particularly to a device adapted for gently removing superfluousand undesirable hairy growths from the human body.

One object of the invention is to provide a device which, when lightlyapplied, will gently and effectually remove hair from the body withoutirritation to the skin.

Another object of the invention is to rovide a device of the characterdescri ed which may readily adjustvitself to the various curvatures ofthe body in order to efficiently remove any hair therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hair remover that isharmless to the body of the user, and which is easy and convenient tomanipulate.

Another object of the invention is to provide an article of the classdescribed which may be folded upon itself in a manner to position thehair removing material either on the inside or on the outside of a handloop formed by the material of the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of its kindwhich may be readily controlled in the hands of a user, which iseflicient in its operation, and cheap to manufacture.

A still further object of the invention is to improve devices of thecharacter described in sundry details hereinafter referred to andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

One embodiment of the present invention is shown for illustrativepurposes in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a fragmentaryview of a portion of the human body, and illustrates the use of ourimproved. hair remover as applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a face view of the improved hair remover illustrated in Fig.1" with the end portions disconnected and the body material unfolded toshow the sheets of abrasive material secured thereto;

Fig. 3' is an end view of the folded hair remover having the endportions thereof connected to form a hand loop and showing the sheets ofabrasive material on the outside of the loop; and

Fig. 4' is an end View similar to Fig. 3 wherein the body material ofthe device is folded upon itself in the opposite direction and showingthe sheets of abrasive material on the inside of the loop.

The illustrative embodiment of the present invention comprisespreferably a single sheet of flexible body material such for example asleatherette, or the like, and indicated as I a whole by the numeral 5.The body material, in the present instance, comprises a pair of leafportions 6, preferably of substantially rectangular form and uniformdimension, the portions 6 having their adjacent edges connected by aconnecting strip 7 shown, in the present instance, as ormed integralwith the leaf portions 6.

Suitably secured to the leaf portions 6 is an abrasive material shown,in the present instance, as flexible sheets 9 having a very fine gradeof abrasive positioned on their outer or exposed surfaces, the sheets 9being secured to the portion 6 in any suitable manner, as for example,by stitching indicated at 8, and being preferably ofa size and formcorresponding substantially to that ofthe leaf portions 6.

Formed along a portion of the opposite or free edges of the leafportions 6 are tabs 10 and 11, the latter having a yielding socketmember 12 mounted thereon adapted to receive a stud 13 mounted on thetab 10, the socket 12 and stud 13 being adapted to cooperate after themanner of well known glove fasteners for securing the tabs together in amanner to form aloop as shown in Figs. 1, and 3 for receiving the handof the user, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and with the flexible sheets 9 ofabrasive material on the outside of the loop, in which position thedevice is adapted to be applied to the body of the user with either ofthe sheets 9 adjacent thereto.

When the device is not in use, the sheet of the body material 5, byreason of its flexibility, may be folded uponitself in the oppositedirection as illustrated in Fig. 4, and in a manner to position thesheets 9 of abrasive material on the inside of the loop, the fasteners12 and 13being cooperable with each other in the manner illustrated tosecure the tabs and ll together, thereby retaining the device in thefolded form illustrated in Fig. 41 to protect the abrading surfaces ofthe sheets 9 from contact with other articles when the device is placedin a dressing case, or the like.

In applying the abrading surface of the sheets 9 to the'human body, theuser may insert the fingers within the loop formed by the foldedmaterial after the manner illustrated in Fig. 1, and preferably by arotary movement, under slight pressure, may remove from the bodysuperfluous or undesirable growths of hair Without injury or irritationto the-skin, and it will be observed that by reason of the flexibilityof the sheet 5 of body material and sheets 9, the device, when appliedto the body, may readily adjust itself to the various curvatures thereofin order to efiiciently remove any hairy growths therefrom.

Ubviously,.the present invention is not limited to the preciseconstruction, and ar rangement shown and described as the same may bevariously modified without departing from the spirit andscope of theinvention as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus-described our invention What we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. In an article of the class described, a

sheet of flexible body material: comprising a pair of connectedleafportions, an abrasive material secured to said portions, tabs adjacentthe ends of saidbody material, and interengaging fasteningineans'niounted on said tabs for securing the tabs together.

ea er? sheet of flexible body material comprising a pair of leafportions, a strip for spacing and connecting adjacent edges of said leafportions, flexible sheets of abrasive material secured to the leafportions on one side thereof, tabs adjacent opposite ends of said bodymaterial, and interengaging' fastening means mounted on said tabsforreleasably securing the tabs together in a manner to form a loop withsaid sheets of abrasive material on the outside thereof.

6. ln an article of the class described, a sheet of flexiblebodymaterial comprising a pair of leaf portions of substantially uni- 2.In anarticle of the class described, a

sheet of flexible body material comprising a pair of connected leafportions, sheets of abrasive material secured to said portions, tabsadjacent the ends of said body material, and interengaging fasteningmeans mounted on said tabs for securing the tabs together.

3. In an article of the class described, a sheet of flexible bodymaterial comprising a pair of connected leaf portions of substantiallyuniform dimensions, sheets of abrasive material of substantially likedimensions secured to said portions, tabs adjacent the ends of said bodymaterial, and interengaging fastening means mounted on said tabs forsecuring the tabs together. I

4. In an article of the class, described, a sheet of flexible bodymaterial comprising a pair of connected leaf portions of substantiallyuniform dimensions, sheets of abra- Y sive material of substantiallylike dimensions secured to said portions, tabs adjacent the ends of saidbody material, and interengaging fastening means mounted'on saidtabs'for securing the tabs together in a manirertoiform a loop with saidsheets of abra- .siv imaiain on the-insid themf- I r {y n article ofthefclassdescrib d; l

